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' H. VANDERBEEK ROLLER BEARING Filed July s. 1924 W *Mw NVEN TOH: M W, Q-QN? H15 /mmvm Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBAERT VANDERBEEK, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE TIMKEN ROLLER BEARING COIVIPANY, OF CANTON, OHIO, A CORlOR-ATION F OHIO.

ROLLER BEARING.

Application tiled July 9, 1924. Serial No. 724,961.

To @ZZ whom t may concern Be it known that I, HERBERT Vannini-mnu,

a citizen ot' the United States. and a resident of the city of Canton, in the county et Stark and State ot Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Roller Bearings, of which the following' is a specification.

My invention relates to roller bearing-s and particularly to the cage tor the rollers thereot'. According' to present practice, cages for roller bearings are commonly made ot' sheet metal blanks which are submitted to appropriate operations to per'torate and shape them suitably tor their purpose, so that the product comprises annular end members .integrally connected by bridges spaced apart to form the pockets for the rollers. Vith certain types of roller bearings that use cages of this kind.l common practice requires the bridges to bc bent or sprung prior to or during,` the assembling of the .members oit' the bearing; and this praetice involves more or less risk ot permanently distorting the cage or of disturbing;l the proper tit ot the bridges with reference to the rollers. lne of the principal objects ot` the pre-sent invention to obviat'e this disadvantage; and other objects are to minimize friction and to assure the proper alinement ot the rollers. The invention consistsI in the construction and arrang'ei'nent ot parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying` drawing, wherein like numerals referto like parts whereyer they occur,

Fig. l is an end elevation ot. a roller hearing embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the hearing on the line 2-2 in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a side view of the bearing, the outer bearing' member being' shown in section; and

Fig. t is a tace view of a portion ot the Cage blank after the pocket has been punched therein and before the aps are struck up.

My bearingr comprises a cone or inner raceway 5, a cup or outer raceway 6., a series of rollers 7 intervening between said raceways, and a cage 8 for said rollers. In the construction illustrated, all of these members are of .conical form although the invention is also applicable .to members ,of cylindrical form..

The cage 8 consists of a one-piece shell having continuous annular end members 9 integrally connected by bridges l0 that are spaced apart to form the pockets ll for the rollers 7. The pockets are approximately of the same length as the rollers; and in the construction illustrated, the ends of the pockets are inclined or chamtered, as at l2, to conform to the beveled edges 13 of the rollers and limit the contact et' the ends ot' the rollers to said beveled edges, leaving the central portion ol said ends clear ot' the cage. The distance between the end portions oit the bridges itt), that is to say, the width of the end portions ot the pockets ll, is approximatelyY the same as the width ot' the end portions oit the rollers, but there is sutlicient clearance between the bridges and the rollers to permit the rollers to run freely. The middle portions of the bridges l0 have flaps or wings 14 integral therewith, which are struck up, outwardly as illustrated, or inwardly iitl preferred. The body of the cage, S. imfludincr the wings it thereof, is substantially in circular alnement with the axes olf the rollers, that is, the bridfres are located where the space between the adjacent rollers is the least. The advantage ol this location is that it minimizes the disadvantages incident to imlccuracics in the diameter ol' the cage or in the radial position ofthe ljiridc'cs, and particularly that it eliminates the necessity for springing or bending; the bridges in the act ot assembling the meme bers otE the bearing.

As stated above, the wings are normally ont ot' contact with the rollers and serve only to prevent their becoming,y displaced radially when the members are not wholly assen'iblcd. NotA onlyv are the wings normally clear of the rollers, but the middle portions ot the walls ot thc pockets are also clear by reason ol the tact that the wings are struck up 'trom a line further back in the bridge than the line ol the edges of the end portions ot' the lviockets. The advantage ot this construction is that it reduces the friction, and by limiting the contact to the end portions of the bridges, it makes it easier to obtain an accurate litting between the bridges and the rollers, and at the same time minimizes the elilects ot' inaccuracies occurring in the middle portions ol the bridges.

For the purpose ot' keeping the middle portions of the bridges clear of the rollers as non ' portions ol thev hole by recesses or short portions olf greater Width than the end portions ot' the hole. The general shape is such as inay be called d rnnbbell shape7 and 'the r rasen for 'said snapo is explained aline.

that i. elaini is:

l. roller bearing comprising inner sind outer racen'aijf's, rollers between said rareways and a Cage conipi'isii'ig a 'shrll sul antially in oirelii: r

alinenrent with 'the zit-es olf said rollers and lnwing pockets whose ridth near the ends 2 l said rollers said enge .i t

thereo'l' is :1pproftiniately the seme Width oi the adj; ent portions, oil mi l ro lers, and. Whose width :d and near the iniddl-x thereof is snl'ticient to lmp the rollers oler-ir oif' said niiddle portion own when the end portions oi said rollers Contact sider e with the 'side edges ot the end portions o't said pockets.

A roller bearing comprising coni/cal inne' and onter raeewayslq conical rollers between said raecways and a cage 'for said rollers, said cage ca'nniirising a. conical. shell snbstai'rtially in circnh alineinent with the ax l ts whose width near the ends Vthereof approximately the sinne as the Width olf the :nljiioent portions of seid rollers, and whose width at and near the i'niddle thereot `s snliicient to keep the rollers clear olf said middle portion even when the end portions of said rolls ot said rollers and having poelnz ers contact sidewise with the side edges of the end portionsot said pockets.

3. A roller 'bearing eoniprising conical in.- ne and outer raeeways, conical rollers between said raeeways and a cage for said rollers, said cage comprising a' conical shell subscantially in circular alineinent with the axes ot said rollers and having alternating pockets end bridges conneeting the ends thereofy the end portions of said bridges being spaced apart a distance approximately equal to the thiclniess oit the portions of the rollers opposite thein, and the niiddle portion ol the bridg s being spaced apart a distance appreciably greater than the thickness oit the portions ot `the rollers opposite thein and lowing short l'laps that overlap the sides of said rollers and clear said rollers in all positions when the bez riig is assembled.

A cage tor roller bearings ooniprising a nieta 'shell vhaving a series oi' dumb-bell shaped holes thereii' the reentrant marginal portions oit the Wall of each hole being struck np along a line inwardly beyond the yside edges ot the. and portions, and the end corners olf said holes iorniing oblique angles with. said side edges.

5. A blnnli lor a roller bearing` :age coinprising a inelal shell having a series ol 'holes therein, the end portions olf said holes conforming to the rollers to be used with sneh cage and the middle portion being oit lnarrower width than said end portions and sep-4 arated tl'ieretroin by short portions that are wider than said end K ioi'tions, whereby gortions ol the metal opposite said middle portion may be struck np on lines tangent to said short portions to :torni lilflps that will clear such rollers.

Signed at Canton, lhio, this `3rd day of July 192s.

HERB ERT 'VAN HERB EE l. 

